Death of Pansy the Dog at Sunshine Nursery

Posted Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 7:44 am

I want to thank everyone who has participated in the blogs on this site to bring this horrible incident to light. What a great community we live in. I just finished reading Erinn McGuire's post to my previous blog where she quoted in part from the police report that was filed on this incident. Erinn thanks for posting this for all to see. My basic point still remains -- Mr. Sipla (sp?) had a responsibility to provide adequate food, water and shelter for this dog and he did not. Putting the dog house in direct sunlight, not securing his water bowl so it wouldn't tip over and leaving the dog in a situation where he could get entangled in anything is extremely irresponsible. The police report states that Mr. Sipla said the dog was a family pet and this was the first time he was here. Why would you tie a family pet out at a place of business instead of leaving him in his normal environment. Answer is: Pansy was a guard dog who lived at the nursery, period. I believe that there are enough people who had seen the dog there many times to testify that Pansy lived at the nursery and was considered a guard dog. Mr. Sipla in essence lied to a police officer and I guess there is nothing we can do about it, except to boycott his business, which I will do. Mr. Sipla if you by chance read this post, please remember that God sees and hears all we do and say and you will someday have to answer for this crime to a higher power. I will conculde my mission to bring this incident to light and put my faith in God to handle the situation as he sees fit.